Join North Shore Pride at the Peabody Essex Museum for a special Pride edition of the PEM at PM After-Hours parties!

Dance the night away to beats by DJ Andrea Stamas, rock out with the all-female Queen tribute band Gunpowder Gelatine, sip on specialty cocktails, make a custom Pride button, and much more in celebration of the LGBTQ community. The entire museum will be open to explore, and there will be a cash bar and small plates menu available from the Hawthorne Hotel.

Join us for a roaring ’20s bash featuring music by the Wolverine Jazz Band, swing dance performances and tutorials with the Boston Lindy Bomb Squad, period cocktails and a tasting with Deacon Giles Distillery, Art Deco inspired crafts, vintage displays and more! Co-organized with The Greater Boston Vintage Society.

Enjoy a night of music with Qwill, participate in the Tidal Shift community art-making workshop with the Salem Public Space Project, watch artists create murals and much more as we celebrate the local arts scene. Co-organized with Salem Arts Festival and Creative Salem.

DJ & Live Music| Atrium
Qwill returns to PEM/PM to liven up the night. Enjoy his DJ sounds from 6-8pm and band performance from 8-9pm.

Library Mashup | Atrium
The Phillips Library and Salem Athenaeum have teamed up for one night only! Check out amphibian materials and shell sketches from their collections, and vote for your favorite historical sea monster.

Pump up the jam! Kick off another year of PEM/PM with a night of ’90s throwbacks spun by DJ Cito, custom cocktails, designer sneaker collections from the Sneaker Museum and Legend Boutique, and a spectacular slam dunk performance by Team Flight Brothers. Members, college students, and Salem residents (with ID) free, non-members $12.

ENTIRE MUSEUM IS OPEN | CASH BAR

ALL NIGHT LONG6-9 pm
Arcade Basketball | Atrium
Channel your inner Michael Jordan and be the one to beat in this classic arcade game.

Put one foot in front of the other as you make your way to PEM for a celebration of shoes! Learn cool ways to lace your shoes, design and make your own shoes and see some of the more ridiculous and extreme pairs ever conceived by fashion.

ABOUT PEM/PEM
PEM’s after-hours parties — with music and dance performances, food tastings, lectures and art-making stations — kicked off in the Asian Garden the summer of 2011 and have grown in popularity ever since. On the third Thursday of each month, activities have included a celebration of romance in PEM’s Chinese House, dancing with Nick Cave’s Soundsuits and lessons in Indian cooking techniques.

Explore artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse’s contributions to the world as you design Morse code jewelry, create a mini-camera obscura and decode telegrams. Enjoy custom drinks and live music. Made possible in part by the Lowell Institute.

Neil Armstrong can sit this one out. Come celebrate the moon for a tantalizing night of lunar festivities. Listen in on discussions about the importance of the moon, hear from exhibition artists and interact with minerals found on the moon. From the race to make a base on the moon to cheese and werewolves, this lunar celebration is sure to be out of this world!

ABOUT PEM/PEM
PEM’s after-hours parties — with music and dance performances, food tastings, lectures and art-making stations — kicked off in the Asian Garden the summer of 2011 and have grown in popularity ever since. On the third Thursday of each month, activities have included a celebration of romance in PEM’s Chinese House, dancing with Nick Cave’s Soundsuits and lessons in Indian cooking techniques.

Everyone gets the blues toward the end of summer, but PEM is here to help you celebrate! Enjoy local blues bands, lawn games and backyard BBQ food while enjoying a selection of beer. Be a part of the music with instrument making and blue jean art workshops and end the summer with a bash.

ABOUT PEM/PEM
PEM’s after-hours parties — with music and dance performances, food tastings, lectures and art-making stations — kicked off in the Asian Garden the summer of 2011 and have grown in popularity ever since. On the third Thursday of each month, activities have included a celebration of romance in PEM’s Chinese House, dancing with Nick Cave’s Soundsuits and lessons in Indian cooking techniques.

Head inland to PEM and discover plein-air paintings by area artists while exploring American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals. Taste local seafood, enjoy watercolor painting workshops, listen to live music and be fascinated by a presentation from staff at the Shoals Marine Lab.

ABOUT PEM/PEM
PEM’s after-hours parties — with music and dance performances, food tastings, lectures and art-making stations — kicked off in the Asian Garden the summer of 2011 and have grown in popularity ever since. On the third Thursday of each month, activities have included a celebration of romance in PEM’s Chinese House, dancing with Nick Cave’s Soundsuits and lessons in Indian cooking techniques.

Explore the worlds of puzzle and patterns. Join in a large-scale puzzle hunt, enjoy laser cutting and DIY puzzle workshops, create your own fractals and much more. There’s nothing puzzling about this party!

ABOUT PEM/PEM
PEM’s after-hours parties — with music and dance performances, food tastings, lectures and art-making stations — kicked off in the Asian Garden the summer of 2011 and have grown in popularity ever since. On the third Thursday of each month, activities have included a celebration of romance in PEM’s Chinese House, dancing with Nick Cave’s Soundsuits and lessons in Indian cooking techniques.

We're getting inspired by Thomas Hart Benton's time in Hollywood!
Spend an evening appreciating 1930s Hollywood film and culture with screenings of American classics, cocktail tutorials, gourmet popcorn recipes and more.